it was a night of celebration that ended tragically. tonight the new developments and we hear from friends and co-workers of the victims in the deadly limo fire. thank you for joining us. i'm ama dates. we have live team coverage from a witness account from the bridge. first abc7 news reporter nick smith has more from alameda where one of the survivors lives. nick? >> absolutely. ama, we are outside of the home of one of the survivors of the fire. her mother says she may be home soon. tonight new information. we spoke with co-workers who knew two of the victims of the fire, and for the first time a

photo of that new bride who died in the flames. the 31-year-old is out with friends in an upcoming ceremony in her native philippines. she lost her life in an unexplained fire. among the other four killed was michelle. the two, woulded together as nurses in fresno -- the two worked together as nurses in fresno. >> we are always smiling. we just walked on friday night. it is so hard on sunday morning that both of them died. it is unbelievable. they are good workers. >> reporter: this video shows the burning limo stopped on the san mateo bridge. you can see the charred

remains of what was left behind. five people were unable to get away and died inside. the driver escaped without injury and four others were taken to area hospitals. >> she was friendly. it is unfair to her. >> among the survivors, she suffered minor injuries and smoke inhalation. the women were headed to the crown plaza hotel in foster city where the newlied with's husband was waiting. the newlied with's husband was waiting. she was expected home tomorrow. they are expected to talk about the next steps. nick smith, abc7 news. >> nick, thank you. people who saw the fire say it was intense. lilian kim talked with two witnesses. she is live on the west side of the san mateo bridge. lilian? >> ama, this is where it happened just over 24 hours ago on the decline section of

the san mateo bridge. there were many people who drove by the burning limo including a brother and sister from daily city. daly city. >> oh there is traffic here. ma maybe there is an accident. >> she was driving home on saturday night with her brother, carlos when traffic slowed down in the westbound lanes of the san mateo bridge. they realized something was on fire when they saw a huge plume of smoke and then flames. this is video shot from their car. >> it was big. it was like fire. it was a lot. >> it happened just after 10:00 p.m. the chp is investigating how the fire started. witnesses reported seeing smoke come out from the rear of the vehicle before it was engulfed in flames. >> it was intense and the flames were pretty big. i could feel the window down and the heat from the fire. >> a couple of people pulled over to help, but they didn't think anyone was trapped in the limo. 24r* was no real sense of urgency include the women who escaped and the limo driver.

>> nobody was trying to go to the limo or ruche to the limo -- or rush to the limo with anything to break the window. >> it wasn't until they watched the sunday morning news that they realized five women were trapped and died in the fire. they will never forget the image of the survivors when they were driving by. >> three were on the floor crying on the floor. one was looking at the limo crying. it is so sad. >> limo stop owns the limo that went up in flames. according to state records the company's insurance, permits and license are up-to-date. live from the san mateo brimming, lilian kim, abc news. >> thank you, lilian. here are the names of the four women who survived, mary grace gardiana and jess moneyed and neria 1k3* amalia of san leandro. they range in age from 34 to 48 years old and being treated

at valley medical in san jose and stanford medical center. the limo company owner released this statement to abc sf news reading in part, quote, limo stop will do everything to investigate and assist authorities in determining the cause of the fire to bring forth answers and provide closure to victims and their families. they also say the company is deeply saddened by the tragedy. stay with abc news for updates on the investigation. you can also find new information on our website, abc7news.com. receive breaking details from our twitter feed abc7 news bay area. it is time to get a check on our weather. leigh glaser has our first check of live doppler 7hd. >> and boy what a day. thunder, lightning being reported across parts of the bay area. really just a big cool down. live doppler 7hd is picking up a few light returns up toward vallejo as well as heading up toward the napa area.

there has been heavy showers and isolated severe thunderstorms making its way from south lake tahoe all the way up toward blue canyon. this system rotating in cloverdale was down 29 degrees today. san rafael you were down 23, 21 in concord. san jose down 16 degrees. more cooling tomorrow and another chance of seeing some isolated thundershowers. a look at the forecast coming up. >> it was a fun and festive day until they had to clear out santa clara street. things got tense as things got out of hand. sergio is live with a look at how police took action. sergio? >> most cindo de mayo celebrations this evening were pretty festive and they were also pretty controlled. except around 8:30 or so is when san jose police were called to santa clara street. you can see right now there is

hardly anyone driving up and down the street. that's because the situation they were called in to handle quickly got out of hand. officers on bikes and with crowd control batons responded to a call of a fight that broke out between two groups. according to initial reports by police, police were using poles from their flags to swing at each other, and then bottles were tossed. san jose police quickly moved in with dozens of officers to clear the streets. >> everybody was with their flags woo-hoo, sin co day mayo. cindo de mayo and then every year there is a problem and somebody ruins the fun. >> according to initial reports by police, people were -- there were no injuries. you can see from sky 7hd how systematically they cleared out block by block to make sure santa clara street were

clear and the clouds were dispursed. there were no arrested and there were no injury -- injuries. abc7 news. >> thank you. east palo alto police want to find a person who opened fire at a mcdonalds restaurant. victims include a six-year-old girl and her grandmother. it happened at the mcdonalds on ufort avenue and -- university avenue and bay road. the shooter aimed at a bus near the curb and four went in looking for help. they discovered other victimmed outside the restaurant. some of the victims might have been targeted. jay i don't believe it is a -- >> i don't believe it is just a random thing. several are gang members, but i won't say which that is. >> paramedics rushed all to the hospital and they are all expected to survive. >> new at 11:00, two pg&e workers are recferring from burns when a transformer failed.

look at this. we have home video of the eke plosion. of the explosion. the flash not only hurt the employees, but it damaged the equipment and caused a power failure. it happened around 3:15 in the bay view area. one employee suffered serious burns. 2600 customers were affected by the outage. nearly all power has been restored. a car hit a muni bus in the mission district. the outbound 28quintara was stopped at the light when the car couldn't negotiate the turn. one person claimed to be injured, but refused medical treatment. no one in the car was hurt. up next, finding a baby-sitter you can trust. michael finney has tips on what you can look out for to make sure your kids a safe. and teens driving and texting. the alarming new report about the growing threat on our road. and a soccer ref assaulted on the field.

finding a baby-sitter you can trust with the safety of your child can be challenging. now many parents are turn together internet to find a sitter. 7 on your side's michael finney checks out some of the websites parents are using. >> finding a god restaurant on yelp and booking it is easy and you are really not risking much. booking a baby-sitter on-line requires maury -- more research. most baby-sitter for hire sites offer background checks, but do you know what you are really getting? she is a working mom from

fairfax and uses care.com to find her sitters. >> i didn't use the background check. i just felt assured it was there. i went with calling references. i read reviews and ultimately went with my gut feeling. jay parents in the u.s. spend about $120 billion on child care each year. many are turning to the internet for help. andrea is the co-founder of urban sitter.com. >> there are 300 million baby-sitting bookings happening not necessarily on on-line, but every year in the united states. >> on most sites, a sitter posts their profile and it is up to the interested families to check the candidate's background. the three biggest sites are care.com, urban sitter and sitter city. they provide free babe bitter searches -- baby-sitter searches, but they provide a background check. the fees range from $25 to $150. all of the sites will check

public record databases for driving records and criminal convictions. and they share the detailed results with customers. however, some experts believe the site may not go far enough. >> the only resource in the state of california that has complete access to the california criminal history check of the fbi and the child abuse check is the trust line. >> mary beth philips helped find trust line. the certification for caregivers. she pushed for it in the 1980s after her baby-sitter shook her child so hard that the child was blientded. >> i know trust line has caught a lot because we caught them before they were with the kids jie. they check the child abuse index. it is a a database of abuse investigations in california. only law enforcement agencies have access. trust line is free to parents. it will only tell if an

applicant is cleared or not. heather is a sitter on the seeking sitter site. >> i went through background check and she had several questions for me. they got to know me before they recommended me on their website to families. >> the oklahoma-based seeking sitters recently launched in the bay area. the company does a background check and hires private investigators to review the information. stacy has twins and chose seeking sitters. >> referrals through other people are fantastic. if you don't know them as well it is nice to have someone that has done a background screening on the people who will be watching your children. >> they don't alls -- always predict future behavior. it can determine if an individual should or should not be working with children. other things to be taken into consideration is education, experience, skills and an interview with the

individual. reference checks and an observation of the individual with your child. they are listed on abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> tonight a new survey found 40% of teenagers tech while driving which increases their risk of an accident. they say ticking while driving is -- texting while driving is not just a problem with teens. it is an epidemic. the risk of having an accident is 23 tiles -- times higher when texting and driving at the same time. leigh glaser has been keeping an eye on the forecast. >> a little on the soggy note, and then we will end it on the dry note. live doppler 7hd is picking up a few light returns up toward vallejo and american canyon and the big story is the isolated thunderstorms that make their way from south lake

tahoe to blue canyon and heading up toward susanville. you will notice the last couple of frames starting to ease off. it is in association with the area of low pressure that has pretty much parked itself along the coast. last night it was to the east of us. it retro graded last night and early this morning. you can get a sense that it is pushing back toward the west. this is what is giving us a shot of isolated showers. maybe a little thunder tomorrow as well. san francisco right now 60 degrees. 61 in san rare loss and -- san carlos and half moon bay 57. another shot looking out toward the bay. santa rosa 56. 61 in fairfield and union city, 62. here is a look at our forecast highlights.

a few chances of a shower tonight. showers and possibility of some isolated thunderstorms possible tomorrow. better chance on monday afternoon and early evening hours. as we head toward thursday and friday get ready for the warmer temperatures and also more sunshine. overnight temperatures are generally in the 50s across much of the bay area. breezy to windy conditions near the coast. that low by tomorrow morning as you head out for that morning commute will be centered once again still off the coast you can see the moisture wrapping up around this thing, and as we head into the late afternoon hours we will get a nice break. but look what happens tomorrow evening just in time for the 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 commute hour. it will rotate back in here and even tomorrow night we will look for a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. you can get a sense of the counter clockwise flow. this thing will drive it in

and tuesday morning it will kickback to the east and that's when we with i will dry things up. monday, 72 for san jose. morgan hill 71. gilroy tomorrow 72 degrees. we will look for 67 for men low park. 67 for san mateo. san francisco tomorrow, sunshine , clouds, maybe even a sprinkle or two. 66 degrees there. and in the north bay 70 for santa rosa. sonoma 67. a chance of an isolated shower in the afternoon hours. oakland you can see there 69 degrees. east bay looks for an isolated thunderstorm. livermore 74 is 72 for concord. another chance on tuesday. by wednesday, thursday and friday we dry things up and high pressure builds back in with gives us some sunshine and we are back into the 80s. follow twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions

rain or shine, and get spare the air alerts and power outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. i just tweeted you about cloverdale going down to 29 dries today. >> wow. thank you, leigh. mike shumann is here with sports. exciting times. two teams in playoff action. >> the sharks look like they want lord stanley. they can wrap up the

well, the sharks are tough to beat at home. they were in vancouver twice returning to the tank for a game three with a 2-0 lead. the canucks with cory schneider after missing four games. the sharks took advantage. there is no place like home. they are one and nine on the power play and special teams are three power play goals. the first of his two goals peats him for a 1-0 lead. three goals in two minutes and 27 seconds. the wrister right there and finds them 2-1 sharks.

patrick marlow and it was 4-1. then catour on the power play. the sharks take a commanding 3-0 series lead with a 5-2 victory and they can complete their first post season series sweep in franchise history on tuesday at the tank. the warriors and spurs kick off their semifinal match up in san antonio. the first post season match up between these two since 1991. the warriors won the best of five series 3-1 of the golden state has never beaten tim duncun and the first in san antonio. 29 straight games over 16 years. i would say that is a drought. this season the teams are 2 and 2 with both wins coming at oracle. the warrior have to figure out how to win at least one in san antonio. >> we have to win here to win the series. that's the challenge.

we have a great opportunity to do it. we have the confidence and the rhythm from last series only having two or three days off to keep that going. >> they do have it going and that game will tip off tomorrow at 6:30. we will take a brief timeout before we grab some garlic fries at at&t park where matt cane was not only able to find his way into the win column, but his bigger night at the

the giants are back where they belong, that would be first place in the national league west with their 6th straight victory. matt cane with a first win of the season and hunter pence provided the offensive output. cindo de mayo at the ballpark. the fifth inning and doubles off the right field wall. two runs score. two for four and two doubles and four r.b.i's. a solid outing from matt cane. 7 and one-third inning. he allowed one run and struck out four. the dodgers rallied in the

eighth. the high chopper and the former giant scores. the giants are up 4-3. sergio romo gets matt kemp to fly out for the final out his league leading 12th save. the giants sweep the dodgers with a 4-3 victory. yankees and a's and pitching for cuba and flew in from florida to see her son play. 3-2 pitch from petit is gone. two-run blast to left for his mama. the a's are on top and it puts a smile on his face. overbay singles to center. we are tied at four. donald son is gone. a's are back on top 5-4.

he gets the job done. sit down and vernon wells take the game. 5-4 your final. more from the warriors and the sharks coming up later in this newscast. >> warriors, sharks? who has a better chance? >> 49ers go to the super bowl giants go to the world series. >> the sharks have a better chance of wining it all. thanks for the pressure. >> no problem. still ahead, the controversey surrounding tsarnaev. and the funeral home that is caught in the middle. we are there to have fun and not go and kill each other. >> a soccer referee made a call that cost him his life. and changes on buildin

>> good evening. i'm ama dates. in tonight's headlines, 31-year-old fohos was identified was one of five people who died in the fire on the san mateo bridge. the limo was on the way to the bride's brie tall shower when -- bridal shower when it exploded in flames. five people in limo managed to escape. six people including a child and her grandmother were shot and wounded outside a mcdonalds restaurant in east palo alto. the child was hurt by flying glass. y several of the victims were targeted and they called the violence gang-related. a sin cindo de mayo

celebration turned deadly as two crowds of people started fighting each other. no arrested were made. now to the investigation of the boston marathon bombing. federal officials are back in the cambridge apartment where tamerlan tsarnaev lived while his uncle arrived to prepare for him to be buried. >> reporter: investigators spent part of the day searching the apartment tamerlan tsarnaev shared with his wife. looking for any clues who they may have been in touch with before they bombed the boston marathon. this as controversy looms over tamerlan's body. the funeral has not found a cemetery that will accept the body. cemeteries across three states have refused to take. it three hours ago tamerlan's uncle arrived to the funeral home to help prepare the body by first washing it according to islamic custom.

>> a dead person needs to be require. that's when religion require. >> protesters were demanding the body be moved. >> he bombed us and we are taking care of him? >> the they stand by their decision to help bury the body. >> these people are cowards. >> tamerlan's mother in russia expressed concern over her son's burial jiecht he needed to be buried a longtime ago. >> while they can't find a site in massachusetts, people in other states have offered to pay for a grief -- a grave and funeral services. a 17-year-old soccer player in utah is facing additional, more serious charges tonight after the referee he punched in the face died. 46-year-old ricardo pour portillo called a foul at a

soccer game a week ago. the player hit portillo in the face when he wasn't looking. the father of three sliped into a coma and died last night. >> it is not fair. we are all there to have fun. not to go and kill each other. if he spends time in jail forever it is not enough. they will not bring my daddy back. >> this is not the first time a referee was assaulted. the teen is in juvenile detention and has not been far mallly charged with a crime. a canoe trip ended tragically when two people died near los gatos. it happened early this afternoon and two other people made it to shore safely after the small boat overturned. sky 7hd shows where the rescue divers search for the two men who died. it appears all of the boaters were from the same family. the sheriff says none of the boaters were wearing a

lifejacket. bart is said to be able to keep people away for a month or even a year. it is for offenses that can be banned like tinderring the operation of a train, assaulting workers or customers, lewd or lascivious behavior, selling drugs or bothering others. it will give the bart executive that power. residents in a north oakland neighborhood that have seen an up tick are holding a community meeting. two homicides including one that left a young mother dead have shaken area residents. they have organized a meeting to discuss what residents can do to protect themselves. the meeting will be held at the senior center starting at 7:00. oakland police brass will be uh uh -- attending the meeting. they made changes to the

design of the arena they plan to build. it calls for transforming acres of concrete at pie rz 30, 32 and to an entertainment and shopping destination. the lead designer describes some of the changes to the proposal. the project's opponent has other ideas. >> reducing the bulk of the building. we are also interested in providing more meaningful access to the promanade and promote more outdoor activities. >> why aren't we talking about why this isn't the best place for the project to be. >> the warriors hope to open their new arena by 2017. a practice by san francisco police that could make your car a target for thieves. police towed his car which was then stolen by the tow yard. an i-team investigation ahead. >> and i'm leigh glaser. we will check in with live doppler 7hd and look at some

travel forecast for you if you are taking to the road

a san francisco police department policy could lead to your car being stolen. first, the police take the vehicle away from you and then

a thief steals it from them. dan noyes has the eye team investigation. >> driving a rental car provided by his insurance company is not how rick wilson wants to get around. but he has no choice. this 1986 ford munstang was his prized possession. >> the car has more sentimental value. >> it was his girlfriend's and she passed away a few years ago. >> we had a passion for munstangs. >> in february wilson and his friends were out on the town. they got into a brawl with a group of other guys at a gas station. san francisco police detained wilson and took him to park station. they towed his car to the impound lot and appeared on pier 70. >> they took the keys off the key ring and placed them on the vehicle. >> san francisco police say there was nothing unusual about the tow including taking the car keys and leaving them in the car. wilson was never charged for the brawl. when he went to auto return to

pick up his car he thought they were joking when they said the car was stolen. >> it is treated like a crime lab. they steal evidence from the crime room? that's the same thing. >> somehow, someone was able to drive off the lot with his car. >> a public auction going on that day and the suspect gained entry and drove out of the lot past the security gate. >> san francisco police say it is brazen, but it is not their fault. >> i don't know what security measures they have in place for that storage lot. >> the city contract is not with the sfpd. it falls under the municipal transportation agency. >> there is a lot of security whether you are looking at armed guards and security infrastructure and alarms and video surveillance. >> we found all of those things when we visited auto return on the auction days.

>> i am channel 7. i need to talk to a manager. >> can you wait outside. >> we were met by an armed guard and not allowed in with our camera. you have to agree to be frisked and to get out the guard checks the car and the paperwork before he opens the gate and lets you drive away. >> nobody asked him for a driver's license or paperwork. >> he suspects it was an inside job. >> how that was able to happen, we are working to see what took place of the. >> about a week after his car was stolen wilson got a call from police. they found the vehicle and a suspect at this o'reilly's auto parts. when police approached the driver took off. >> the officers had to jump out of the way to avoid being struck by the suspect's actions. he sped through the parking lot and struck two other vehicles. >> reporter: they caught him and he is facing auto theft and assaulting an officer. he has a history of stealing

cars. >> there was supposed to be an i-pod. >> we were there when wilson saw what was left of his total car. he wants police and auto return to stop leaving keys in i'm powbded vehicles. >> it leaves room for criminals to steel steal things earlier. >> they say keeping the keys with the towed vehicle is common practice. the employee working the gate the day the guard was stolen was disciplined, but would not elaborate on what that means. and now one last check of weather with leigh glaser. >> i went ahead and put some of the clouds on live doppler 7. we are seeing some of the high and midlevel clouds rotating from south to north across the bay area. a few returns here and there, and then definitely toward the sierra nevada. we will see increasing chances of showers and maybe isolated thunderstorm for the bay area

by monday afternoon and then by the end of the workweek it is all gone. here is an area ofmlow pressure with the classic spin moving in with rain to the atlantic area. this sis -- this system will push on out. 80 degrees expected in dallas. denver 65. even southern california, this is the good news. with the fires there, getting some relief. not only heat relief also the moisture is feeding in. 78 for fresno and we will keep a close eye on isolated thunderstorms through tahoe tomorrow. 50 degrees even around a the san francisco area. we will look for a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. the next seven days showers. tuesday a slight chance and then as we wrap the week up thursday, friday and saturday we bring on the sunshine and

then warm things up with temperatures in the low 80s. mike niko is here 4:30 to 7:00 with a live look at doppler 7hd. >> perfect. thank you, leigh. shu is here with sports. a good day for the local base teams. >> everybody is doing good. the giants have a second straight sweep to take the division lead. and the a's over the yankees with a special fan in the

well, the giants are back on top of the national league west with their 6th straight victory. matt cane gets his first win of the season, believe it or not. and hunter pence provided the entire offensive output in their sweet of the dodgers. it must be cindo de mayo even at at&t park. pence provided the offense. 4-0 giants and four r.b.i's. matt cane was able seven and one-third innings with one run and five hits and struck out four. the dodgers rally in the eighth. uribe scores. thin then sergio romo gets him to fly out and end the game. matt cane gets his first win and giants sweep the dodgers with a 4-3 victory. yankees and a's and she went

from florida to see her son play and then he makes her happy. a blast puts them up 4-1 and mama is smiling away. blevins in relief and overbay singles to center. then we are tied at 4. the a's regain the lead in the eighth and it is out of here. a's back up. in the 9th, the yankees threatening. tieing run at second. strikes out vernon wells to win the game. 5-4 the final. allall right, sharks are still looking for their stanley cup. returning to the tank for game three. missing four games and the sharks shredded him. one and nine on the power play. 5-3 advantage and joe pevelski

and a 1-0 lead. in the third, logan catoure and the wicked wrister. nine second had later and patrick marlow lights the lamp. and then on the power play and four points on the night. two goals and two assists and the sharks take a chanding -- commanding series lead. warriors and spurs kick off their semifinal match up in san antonio. last time they met in the playoffs was 1991. the state has n beaten -- hasn't beaten tim duncun and the spurs. the teams are 2 and 2. they have to figure out how to win once. >> we understand we have to win here to win the series. that's the challenge.

we have the great opportunity to do it and the confidence and the rhythm from last series only having two or three days off to keep that going. >> lebron james named the league vp for the second year. he was one vote shy of being a unanimous choice. it is the fourth time he has won in elite company. michael jar done -- michael jordan and kareem abdul jabar and wile chamberlain were the only own ones to do that. and of course he thanked his teammates. >> nothing i receive is possible without those four guys because what they sacrificed. i wish there were 15 of these. it is them who allow me to be the mvp every night. okc fans with a little thunder.

kevin durant and up one and last chance for memphis. grizzlies are down three. you never do that. he got a quick basket. not going to happen. oklahoma city takes the series lead with a two-point mystery. carmelo anthony is leading the way for the nicks. >> the day belonged to the pacers. the third quarter and david west. he had 20 and the pacers are up 9. west puts the game out of reach and a nice floater. pacers with a big win in the big apple. they go up 1-0 in that series. and this sports report is brats to you by river rock casino. tomorrow night sick:30 and the sharks can wrap it up on tuesday.

lots going on if you are a sports fan. >> and you can show your warriors pride by posting this badge to your facebook page. go to facebook.com/abc7 news. that's it for thissed dation of dation -- for this edition of the news. for everyone here, thank you for joining us. as we head out we leave you with a live look from our explore for yum cam. have a great night. don't forget to check the news out tomorrow morning.

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